Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 413
Although looking around, there is a vast expanse of whiteness, but the scenery outside the Great Wall is still interesting at this time. Although Shandong and Hebei are also heroic, they do not have the rough style of the North. .

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Li Shan's half-smile expression, and Cui Xin quietly put down his right hand that was stroking his beard... Hey, in fact, this Master Taishan is really too sensitive, and Li Shan's smile is clearly flattering.

It's no wonder that when Cui Xin set up camp at dusk yesterday, Li Shan was forced to ask about poems, but Li Shan was forced to blurt out two lines of poems, "Thousands of miles of yellow clouds and white sun, the north wind blows wild geese and snow."

After that, Cui Xin no longer had any interest in reciting poems.

In fact, Li Shan is really not too much, the last two lines of this poem are famous through the ages... although it is not applicable.

Looking up at the gloomy dark clouds, Li Shan frowned slightly. The sky was clear yesterday when he was out of the fortress, but today it is covered with dark clouds, and it seems that there will be a heavy snowfall soon.

"Master Li, father will come out to welcome you in person."

Yuan Xiaozheng's reminder came from the side. Li Shanping looked ahead, and more than a thousand cavalry were coming, with horseshoes flying, trampling and splashing the little snow on the ground. The leader was a burly man with slightly white hair on his temples.

"Shibo stay here for now." Li Shan said in a low voice, urging the horse out of battle, followed by Wang Junhao, holding the horse's pole tightly in his hand.

Yuan Junzhang heaved a long sigh of relief after receiving the report from his personal guards yesterday, but the Emperor Tang was generous. sincerity.

But what Yuan Junzhang wants is not only these, or what he needs most is not these, but all these needs to be negotiated with the envoys sent by the Tang Emperor.

To Yuan Junzhang's surprise, Tang Huang sent his close ministers to appease him, but he also let Li Shantong come... Although he knew that the acting county magistrate had a lot of weight, but only now did he realize that the other party's weight was more important than he imagined. Heavy.

Yuan Junzhang also wanted to take a look, to see what kind of character this young man who had driven himself to a corner by means of spring wind and rain was.

Seeing the two riders on the opposite side coming out of the battle, Yuan Junzhang casually ordered a personal guard to accompany him, clamped his legs, and stepped forward to the horse. He opened his eyes and looked carefully at the back of the wind. The young man on the opposite side was riding a white horse without any armor. The sideburns are like swords, and there is a sense of dignity between Gu Pan.

"Duke Rui."

The first sentence surprised Yuan Junzhang, but he immediately knew that this should be a title bestowed by the Emperor Tang. He looked at the young man carefully again, and sighed: "Li Tang is so lucky, young talents emerge in endlessly."

Li Shan laughed loudly and said, "Duke Rui remembered the two years old Wu De?"

Yuan Junzhang's expression darkened. He did think of Liu Wuzhou's attack on Hedong in the second year of Wude, defeating all Tang generals, Pei Ji and Liu Hongji either escaped or captured, and took all of them to the north of the Yellow River in Hedong, but he did not expect to be 20 years old. Qin Wang Li Shimin, who had just been crowned in Chang'an, was born...

All kinds of thoughts flashed in his mind, Yuan Junzhang asked tentatively: "Li Tang's clan, the King of Qin killed on the battlefield, but don't let him focus on the beauty..."

Li Shan was surprised and said, "Didn't Xiaozheng inform you?"

Yuan Junzhang couldn't help gritting his teeth, you still have the face to mention this... That day when I sent my son to Dai County, I really wanted to leave a way out, but I didn't expect that the guy in front of me almost turned against Erlang's persuasion .

"I'm not a child of the clan." Li Shan explained with a smile: "The rest... let's talk about Xiaozheng, I can't boast about myself."

Yuan Junzhang twitched his cheeks, urged the horse to turn around, and made a gesture, "Also invite the angels to enter the city."

More than a thousand cavalry were divided into left and right, and galloped to both sides. The tall horses had superb riding skills. Although there were many cavalry in the Tang army, they were so skilled that there were not many under the command of Li Shenfu and Li Daoxuan in Hedong Road. Yuan Junzhang obviously There is the meaning of demonstration.

Li Shan urged the horse in the front with a calm demeanor, looked around, and said with a smile: "It's really majestic."

Seeing the color on Yuan Junzhang's face, Li Shan immediately said: "This time the filial government will come to the pilgrimage to see you, and you will present good horses. The saint is very happy... Please also invite Duke Rui..."

Yuan Junzhang gritted his teeth again. The pure white horse without a trace of hair that Li Shan named "Zhaoye Jade Lion" was his favorite and was secretly taken away by his son. Such a horse was searched all over the army. Couldn't find a few horses either.

It is impossible for all three hundred personal guards to enter the city. In the end, Li Shan, Cui Xin, and Liu Shirang entered the city, Kan Leng and Zhu Ba led fifty personal guards to protect them, and Wang Junhao and Du Xiao led other personal guards to enter the camp outside the city.

At noon, Yuan Junzhang held a large banquet to welcome the Tang envoy.

"This is Liu Gong, the former governor of Bingzhou?!" Yuan Junzhang was astonished. Before that, he only vaguely felt familiar. Two years ago, he entered the invasion with Jieli Khan, and the siege lasted for more than a month. Liu Shirang fought hard at the top of the city and scolded the lobbyists , World War I became famous in the east of the river.

Liu Shirang snorted with a smirk, raised his glass and drank it down.

Li Shan glanced at Liu Shirang, deliberately changed the topic, and said with a smile: "In fact, Duke Rui doesn't need such hospitality, it's really polite."

Yuan Junzhang gritted his teeth for the third time, this time he couldn't help it, and burst out a sentence, "This banquet is really shabby and difficult to entertain guests. Isn't this a gift from your step?!"

It is indeed very shabby. There are few vegetables on the grassland, let alone the cold winter months, but even meat is scarce... On the one hand, it is because of the Turkic plunder, and on the other hand, because a large number of people in Yunzhou and Shuozhou moved to Daizhou, Yuan Junzhang There is nowhere to buy it. In fact, what he eats these days is not as good as today's banquet dishes.

Li Shan laughed loudly, "When things are decided, Duke Rui will be full."

Yuan Junzhang's expression slowed down slightly. The shortage of food and grass is what he needs to solve most now. Without food and grass, it is a trivial matter if the place collapses. Day by day, ten days before and after the escaped soldiers, at least a thousand soldiers fled.

This is the key to Yuan Junzhang's intention to vote for Tang. The reason is very simple. Li Tang can provide food and grass, but the Turks... don't come to grab it.

This is also what Yuan Junzhang was most worried about in this negotiation. Li Shan let go at this time, Yuan Junzhang naturally relaxed, and couldn't help but smile on his face. He raised his glass and looked at Cui Xin. , I have been looking up to you for a long time."

Cui Xin flicked his sleeve robe, with a pompous manner, "Your Majesty has ruled Shuo and Yun Prefectures for many years, and has attacked Hedong several times. Now you are here to vote. Your Majesty is not too slow. Please also guard the northern border in the future and fulfill your duties."

Yuan Junzhang patted his chest in response. He didn't pay attention to such clichés at all. Although he hadn't had time to ask his son in detail, he could tell that the two envoys of the Tang Dynasty were dominated by Li Shan. .

After chatting for a while, Li Shan said with a smile: "Xiaozheng has been in Beijing for many days, during which time he thought of Duke Rui a lot, father and son love each other deeply, so we should talk about it."

Yuan Junzhang turned his head and looked at his son. He really had a lot to ask.

"So, discuss tomorrow and salute at noon?"

Yuan Junzhang hesitated for a while, "It's just guarding Shuozhou, food and grass are not enough, and many weapons are defective..."

"Duke Rui, don't worry." Li Shan also patted his chest and assured, "Come to Beijing quickly, go back and forth for a few days, and immediately raise food and grass in Daizhou, so that the border guards will not be hungry."

Yuan Junzhang thought for a long time and nodded in response. He knew what Li Shan meant by entering Beijing quickly...he needed to hand in a surrender form.

(End of this chapter)